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51. loc [L]=

Accepted Answer

place 地方
在常用词local，locate 和locomotive 中，词根loc 来自拉丁名词locus，意思为place（地方）。

local [loc=place 地方；-al a.=of……的→] a. of a place 地方的，当地的：local standard time 当
地标准时间

▽locality [local;-ity n.] n.地点；所在地

locate [loc=place 地方；-ate v.=to make or put into 使……，置于……→“to put into a place 置
于某地”→] v. establish in a place;situate 使设置于；使定位于：The station is to be located in the
western suburb.车站将建在西郊。

▽location [locat(e);-ion n.] n.位置；定位
locator [locat(e);-or n.] n.定位器

locomotive [loc=place 地方;-o-;mot=to move 移动；-ive a.=capable of 能……的→“capable of
moving from place to place 能移动到另一个地方的”→]Ⅰa. capable of moving in space 运动的，
移动的：locomotivecrane 移动式起重机→Ⅱn. locomotive engine;railway engine 机车；火车头

▽locomotion [loc-;-o-;mot;-ion n.] n.运动；移动
locomotor [loc-;-o-;mot;-or n. ] n. 有运动能力的人或物
locomotory [loc-;-o-;mot;-ory a.] a.运动的；运动器官的

allocate [al-(ad-)=to 到；loc=place 地方；-ate v.=to make or put 使……，放……→“to put
something to a place 把某物放到某地”→] v.① locate to a certain spot 定位：to allocate the
central point of the future square 把要建的广场的中心点位置定下来② locate (duty, job, etc.)
to, or give as a share 把……落实于；分配：They allocated the hardest tasks to themselves.他们
把最艰巨的任务分配给自己。

▽allocation [allocat (e);-ion n.] n.分配；配给物

collocate [col-(com-)=together 一起；loc=a place 地方；-ate v.=to put 放置→“to put one thing
together with another in a place 把一物与另一物放在一个地方”→] v. set side by side 并置，
搭配：It is not suitable to collocate the auditorium and the workshops in a line.把礼堂与车间并
排盖不太合适。

▽collocation [collocat (e);-ion n.] n.并置；配置；搭配

dislocate [dis-=to undo 做……相反之事；locate v.定位→“to undo that of locating 做与定位相
反的事”→] v.① displace;put out of joint 使脱位；使脱臼：He fell from the tree and dislocated
his left ankle.他从树上摔下，左脚踝关节脱臼了。② put out of order 使混乱：The traffic was
dislocated by the storm.暴风雨打乱了交通秩序。

▽dislocation [dislocat (e);-ion n.] n.脱臼；混乱

relocate [re-=again 再；locate v. 定位→] v. locate again;move to a new residence 重新定位；重
新安置：We relocated some villages before starting the project.工程动工前，我们把一些村庄
迁移了。

▽relocation [relocat (e);-ion n.] n.重新安置

Place N Put Locate V E); Ion Loc=Place 地方； Ate